CVE-2006-0996: php Cross-site Scripting
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-0996 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 11.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2Timeline
- 10-04-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
11.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.25 pp
From 10.81% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
PHP 4.x/5.0/5.1 - PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Php1 product
- phpEOL4.4.2 | 5.1.2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
33 links- www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.phpX Refsource CONFIRM
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 33 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
- cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.cX Refsource CONFIRM